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Contents 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 2 Thursday, October 2, 2008 3 Friday, October 3, 2008 4 Saturday, October 4, 2008

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

10:00 am — 11:00 am

• PhD Forum 1: Interdisciplinary Computing
  • Towards Compact, Robust DNA Self-Assembly based Computation: Modeling, Simulation and Experiments
  • Computational Modeling and Formal Analysis Techniques in Interdisciplinary Studies of Complex Systems
  • Spatial Analysis of Meeting Speech Scenes
• PhD Forum 2: Hardware, Real-time & Embedded Systems
  • Analytically Bounding Data Cache Behavior for Real-Time Systems
  • Leveraging Mixed-Process 3D Integration for Reliability and Cache Hierarchies
  • Embedded Systems in Body Sensor Networks: Experimental Methods for Continuous Monitoring, Network Connectivity, and Physical Security
• PhD Forum 3: Mixed Session: Sensors, Sensor Networks & User Interfaces
  • Context-Sensitive Intelligent Cueing
  • Quality of Information-aware Design and Management of Sensor Network
  • Multitier Multiscale Sensing: A New Paradigm for Actuated Sensing
• New Investigators 1: Networking
  • A 3D N-tier Architecture for a Multi-parameter Ocean Monitoring Underwater Wireless Sensor Network
  • Minerva: Learning to Infer Network Path Properties
• New Investigators 2: Modeling & Simulation
  • Efficient Parallel Simulation of an Individual-Based Fish Schooling Model on a Graphics Processing Unit
  • Minimum Cost Routing with Local Processing for Distributed Statistical Inference
  • A Remote Server-based Network Emulation System

11:15 am — 12:15 pm

• PhD Forum 4: Artificial Intelligence & Learning Systems
  • Using Planning Techniques to Build a Better World
  • Class Noise Detection through Instance Weighting
  • Advanced Reasoning about Dynamical Systems
• PhD Forum 5: Security & Privacy
  • Privacy Preserving Distributed Data Mining: A Game-Theoretic Approach
  • Intrusion Detection in Wireless Ad hoc Networks Using Cross-layer Designs
  • A Verification Framework for Broken Access Control Attack in Dynamic Web Applications
• PhD Forum 6:Information Management
  • Framework for Interactive Massive Volume Visualization
  • Reliability and Scalability of Large Scale Archival Storage Systems
  • Scalable Content-Based Music Retrieval on Acoustic Datasets via Hashing
• New Investigators 3: Large Scale Patterns & Parallel Computing
  • Large-scale Distributed Storage Systems
  • Managing Trust and Interoperability in a Grid
  • FraSPA: A Framework for Synthesizing Parallel Applications
• New Investigators 4: Algorithms & Applications
  • Kernel Method for Predicting DNA-Binding Proteins in Yeast from Heterogeneous Data Sources
  • Exploiting Advances in ICT Technologies to Affectively Monitor Student Learning

1:00 pm — 2:30 pm

• Recession-proof your career by enhancing your networking savvy with Jo Miller

2:30 pm — 5:30 pm

• Resume Clinic

2:30 pm — 4:00 pm

• Structured Networking Event with Jo Miller

4:15 pm — 5:15 pm

• Unstructured Networking Event with the Connect Project. Affinity Groups Meeting

7:00 pm — 9:00 pm

• Opening Reception
• Technical Poster Session

Thursday, October 2, 2008

8:30 am — 9:45 am

• Welcome
  • Anne Condon, General Chair
  • Telle Whitney, President, Anita Borg Institute
• Keynote Speaker
  • Fran Allen, IBM Fellow Emerita and 2006 Turing Award Winner

10:00 am — 11:00 am: Session 1

• Tools and Talk: Conversational Code and the Changing World of the Internet
• Organizations Building a Better World: ABI, ACM-W, CRA-W and NCWIT
• Transforming Yourself into a Technical Leader
• Split Session:
  • Fighting Crime using Gunshot Location Systems
  • Future Mobile Technology Empowering Users: Understands, Guides, Decides
• How to Manage Your Career When "Life Gets in the Way"
• Risky Business — Building Teams and Taking Risk as the Leader
• Split Session:
  • Innovating with Chip Multi-Threading Technology
  • Outside of Normal Operating Conditions: Using Commercial Hardware in Space Computing Platforms

11:10 am — 12:20 pm

• CTO Forum - Meet with Students (By Invitation Only)

11:20 am — 12:20 pm: Session 2

• Building a Better World via the User-Centered Design of Technology
• Building the Earth in 3D (Hands-on)
• Mid-Career Course Correction
• The Synergistic Evolution of Software & Hardware Technologies
• Enabling Nonprofits to Accomplish Their Missions through Technology
• Women of Color Career Panel
• Build a Better Processor: Breaking through the Technology Challenges

1:20 pm — 2:35 pm

• CTO Plenary Session – Leading Technology: A View From the Top

2:45 pm — 3:45 pm: Session 3

• Getting It Together: Empowering People through Information (Integration)
• Findings, Challenges, and Recommendations for Teaching in Academia
• Taking the Long View ñ Many Careers in One Company
• Introduction to Grid Computing using OSG
• Split Session:
  • The Artemis Project: Teaching Computer Science to Adolescent Girls
  • Using Robots to Introduce Computer Programming to Middle Schools
• Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award Winner
• Social Impact of Advanced Technologies and Telemedicine in the Developing World (Crestone Peak II-IV)

2:45 pm — 4:00 pm

• CTO Forum - Roundtable (By Invitation Only)

4:10 pm — 5:10 pm: Session 4

• A Survey of Some Recent Research at the Border of Game Theory, Economics and Computer Science (Crestone Peak II-IV)
• Planning, Organizing, and Holding Regional Celebrations of Women in Computing (Torreys Peak III)
• Letting the Cup Overflow: Expanding Your Experiences Outside Your Research Lab (Quandary Peak I-II)
• Split Session
  • Evaluating Virtualization Performance via Benchmarking — Method and Practice
  • Project Fortress: A Multicore Language for Scientists and Engineers
• Inspiring Girls in Technology: How to Make Every Outreach a Success (Torreys Peak I-II, 90 mins, 4:10 pm —5:40 pm)
• Skinware: Getting Innovation Out

5:25 pm — 6:25 pm Birds of a Feather

• Recruiting High-School Women into Computer Science
• The ABCs for ABDs: Tips for Working Your Way through Dissertation to PhD
• Building the Lavender Network: LGBT Issues, Resources and Collaboration
• The Bird has Left the Nest — The Challenges of Crossing the World to Follow Our Passions (Quandary Peak III)
• Grad School 101: Choosing the Graduate Program Thatís Right For You and Finding Success and Happiness Throughout Your Graduate Experience
• A Change for the Better: Improving the Environment at Computing Departments Nationwide

7:30 pm — 12:00 am: Awards Presentation

• Welcome
  • Anne Condon, General Chair
  • Telle Whitney, President, Anita Borg Institute
• Announcement of the Anita Borg Award and Denice Denton Award recipients

Friday, October 3, 2008

8:30am - 9:45am: Welcome and Keynote

• Keynote Speaker: Mary Lou Jepsen, CEO Pixel Qi

10:00 am — 11:00 am: Session 5

• Automation to Understand and Ultimately Improve Health and the Environment for the Future (Torreys Peak I - II)
• “Help, My Supervisor Moved/Had a Baby/Went on Sabbatical!” Surviving Real Life during Grad School
• Split Session
  • Building a Better World for Women in High Tech: Maximizing Talent, Minimizing Barriers
  • Building a Better Software - Role of Product Support in Requirements Gathering
• Building a Better World: Using Anthropology to Ensure Success in Your Project (Crestone Peak I)
• Split Session (Torreys Peak IV)
  • Experiences with OLPC Technology in Ghana, West Africa
  • Build a Better Future with Creating an ACM-W Chapter in the United Arab Emirates to Help the Peace in the Persian Gulf
• European Women in Science and Engineering
• Implications of Frontier Nano Science and Technology for the Energy Sector (Crestone Peak II – IV)

11:20 am — 12:20 pm: Session 6

• Programming Language Ideas Escape the Lab: A Declarative Data Description Language for Managing Ad hoc Data
• Preparing for an Advanced Degree: Life after the BS/BA
• Engaging Students in the Free Open Source Movement Through Civic Engagement
• An International Perspective on Successful Programs to Attract Women to ICT Presented by ACM-W Ambassadors
• Leveraging an Ecosystem of Supporters—Measuring the Effectiveness of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
• Scaling Applications to Enable Unprecedented Science on Petaflop Platforms (Torreys Peak IV)

1:30 pm — 2:30 pm: Session 7

• Multi-Robot Intelligence
• What is a PhD Really Good For?: Thoughts from New(er)
• Business 101: Learning to Speak the Language of Business
• Women in the Brave New World of Free and Open Source Software
• Having Global Impact as a Technical Woman: Information Technology Applied to the Developing World
• Web 2.0 Session: Online social networks - Impact to our Careers
• Anita Borg Social Impact Award Winner

2:50 pm — 3:50 pm: Session 8

• Confidential Advice for Junior Faculty
• Split Session
  • Beyond Classes and Textbooks: a Guide for Starting Grad School Research
  • Choosing Your Building Bricks: How to Find Your Research Direction
• Exciting Career They Don’t Tell You about at School: Software Engineer in Test
• Green Data Centers
• Women Working in International Development to Build a Better World (Crestone Peak II - IV)
• Climbing the Technical Ladder: Obstacles and Solutions for Mid-Level Technical Women
• Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award Winner (Torreys Peak I - II)

4:00 pm — 5:00 pm: Session 9

• Venture Capital in the ‘Periphery:’ The New Argonauts, Global Search, and Local Institution Building
• Split Session
  • OurCS: Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Computer Science: A Conference for Undergraduate Women
  • We Build a Better Researcher
• The Imposter Panel
• Internship programs showcase - success stories (How to make the best of internship programs - a 360 view)
• Split Session (Torreys Peak III)
  • What’s a Supercomputer Good For Anyways?
  • Intellectual Property & Patents Empowering Innovation
• Split Session (Torreys Peak IV)
  • Changing the World through Technological Innovation
  • Communicating Within Virtual Teams
• ACM Membership Gender Study
• Change Agent Awards Panel

5:10 pm — 6:10 pm

• Birds of a Feather
  • Setting Up An Effective Organization To Support Girls
  • How to Get Your Dream Job After Graduate School
  • Student Groups Networking PLUS Integrating Ideas = Together We Can Make a Better World (Crestone Peak II - IV)
  • Experiences with Maternity Leave and Returning to Work
  • Using Oral History Stories in Computing Education
  • Expanding your HPC toolkit using the TeraGrid
• Web 2.0 Session: Developing a Collaboration Platform based on Web 2.0 Technology

Saturday, October 4, 2008

8:30 am - 9:30 am'

• Town Hall Meeting